After time travel, I ate glutinous rice bran in ancient times

The brother and sister were chatting and laughing in the store when suddenly a middle-aged man came to the front of the store.

The middle-aged man walked into the store and looked around. Wang Yugui smiled and greeted him: "Sir, do you want to buy a painting?"

"Yeah," the middle-aged man nodded, stared at Wang Yugui, and smiled: "You must be Painter Xiao Wang, I want to buy a panda painting."

The man said, pointing to the panda pictures hanging on the wall: "I want all of them!"

When Wang Yugui heard this, he quickly looked at the middle-aged man in front of him again: Although the man's clothes were not very gorgeous, they were quite decent.

From his appearance, he doesn’t look like a rich man, but I didn’t expect that he is quite generous when buying paintings!

"Okay, sir, this kind of panda painting costs three taels of silver per piece. There are six panda paintings here, so it costs a total of eighteen taels of silver." While Wang Yugui was stunned, the eldest sister spoke cleverly.

The middle-aged guest smiled and took out a purse and put it on the counter: "Little girl, here are eighteen taels of silver, keep it!"

The eldest sister took the purse, opened it and saw that there were indeed eighteen taels of silver inside. She smiled and called Wang Yugui: "Brother, take a look!"

She was afraid that she had received fake silver, so she asked Wang Yugui to help check it out.

Wang Yugui took the silver with a smile, looked at it, and said, "Yes, that's right, it's eighteen taels of silver!"

Then he looked at the middle-aged guest again and said, "My dear guest, you look unfamiliar to me. You don't seem to be from Wangtian County, right?"

Wang Yugui knew almost all the wealthy people in Wangtian County who could afford panda pictures, but he had no impression of this middle-aged customer at all.

This guest looked neither like a wealthy man nor a poor servant, so Wang Yugui was unsure of his identity.

"Haha, Mr. Wang, you have good eyesight. I am indeed not from Wangtian County." The middle-aged guest looked at Wang Yugui and laughed.

He added, "I am a foreign merchant passing through Wangtian County. I heard that Mr. Wang's panda paintings are unique in Wangtian County, so I bought a few to take away!"

Oh, it turns out to be a businessman from out of town, no wonder! Well, this guest has the temperament of a businessman.

Oh, even foreign merchants have heard of my panda paintings. It seems that my fame is growing. This customer is probably a calligraphy and painting enthusiast!

Wang Yugui smiled and asked, "Are you buying these panda paintings as gifts? Or are you hanging them for your own collection?"

"Give it to someone else or hang it up yourself." The middle-aged guest smiled and looked at Wang Yugui: "Why, Master Wang, do you still care how the guests use the painting?"

"Ha, that's not the case," Wang Yugui laughed, and then said, "I'm just asking casually. Once you buy it, the painting is yours, and you can use it however you want!"

"This customer is obviously an expert in painting and knows what is a good painting. These panda paintings my brother draws are all unique."

"Whether you hang it yourself or give it to someone else, it's still presentable!"

The eldest sister smiled and handed the six wrapped paintings to the middle-aged customer: "These are six panda paintings, please keep them!"

"Oh, good, Mr. Wang, your sister is very good at talking, haha." The middle-aged guest put away the painting and clasped his fists: "Goodbye, both of you!"

"Okay, take care," Wang Yugui and his sister hurriedly and enthusiastically escorted the guest out of the store.

The eldest sister looked at the sold-out panda pictures on the wall and was very happy: "Brother, you have to draw a few more panda pictures!"

"Did you hear that? This customer is another foreign merchant. The guy who came to buy a painting last time also said he was a foreign merchant."

The eldest sister was very happy and clapped her hands, saying, "Oh, brother, more and more people know your name. Even merchants from other places know your name and come to our store to buy paintings!"

"Oh, sister, it's not as exaggerated as you say. There is only one foreign merchant coming to buy paintings every month. Foreign merchants all know my name." Wang Yugui laughed

The eldest sister laughed: "It's already very good if one foreign merchant comes to buy paintings every month."

"Each of them is worth several people. Each person buys several paintings. We can sell them for around twenty taels of silver each time!"

"Ha, that's true. I didn't expect that there are so many merchants who like calligraphy and painting now." Wang Yugui also laughed after hearing this.

The eldest sister nodded: "Yes, and these merchants are very generous, they don't bargain when they buy paintings."

"Oh, businessmen are the richest!"

Hearing this, Wang Yugui frowned, feeling that something was not right after hearing what his elder sister said.

Suddenly I realized: Merchants are the best at bargaining. Why is it that these merchants who come to buy paintings never bargain?

This is a bit strange! Even Zhang Siwen and Fatty Zhang still know how to bargain.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard his elder sister urging him: "Hey, brother, don't stay here to watch the store, go and draw some panda pictures."

"I think foreign merchants seem to like buying our panda pictures recently!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Wang Yugui stood up with a smile, and suddenly turned to ask Damei: "Damei, why don't these foreign merchants bargain when they come to buy paintings?"

"Ah? I don't know about this either. Maybe they have money and don't care." The eldest sister was stunned for a moment and smiled.

He added: "These ten or twenty taels of silver are a lot of money in our eyes."

"To the wealthy merchants, this may be just small change. Didn't you say that Fatty Zhang would spend several taels of silver just to eat out?"

"A dozen taels of silver is probably just enough for a few meals for a wealthy merchant. They don't even bother to bargain!"

The eldest sister said, looking at Wang Yugui: "Besides, it's not so easy to bargain in our store. I usually tell customers that I don't bargain, hehe!"

"Oh, brother, it's better not to bargain. If he wants to buy the painting, we will sell it to him. Why think so much?"

"Haha, yes, you are right. Maybe I am overthinking it." Wang Yugui laughed

He waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I'll go upstairs and draw panda pictures. I'll leave the store to you!"

As he said that, he walked towards the backyard. After walking a few steps, he heard someone shouting at the door: "Painter Xiao Wang is in the store!"

When Wang Yugui heard the shout, he turned around, smiled, and hurriedly turned to greet him: "Oh, what wind is blowing today, bringing you, Butler Lu? Please come in, please come in!"

The person who came was none other than Lu Jin, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion. Lu Jin laughed and said, "Haha, Master Xiao Wang is joking!"

He waved his hand and said, "I won't go in. Painter Xiao Wang, please come with me. Our old lady wants you to come over and paint her portrait!"

Wang Yugui was very happy when he heard that Old Madam Lu wanted to invite him, and hurriedly said, "Okay, Housekeeper Lu, wait a moment, I'll get the painting supplies!"

The eldest sister was quick to help Wang Yugui get out the painting supplies. Wang Yugui followed Butler Lu out of their flower shop and went to Lu's house.